Mrs Ashley Somebody

Mrs Ashley Somebody Sep 2015

Don't

Don't hurt yourself
    because you're hurting.
Don't break yourself
    because your heart's breaking.
I know you're sinking, drowning,
    tearing apart inside.
But someday I see you smiling
    And that's why I keep loving.

#heart #hurt #please #friend #breaking #hurting

Mrs Ashley Somebody Sep 2015

First

I liked you first
when I realized that I wanted to be alone
but not as much as I didn't want you to be

#first #lonely #alone

Mrs Ashley Somebody Sep 2015

am I

am I a fool
for enjoying every moment
and am I a fool
for not forgiving myself?

#regret #time #forget #enjoy #questioning #spent #forgive

Mrs Ashley Somebody Sep 2015

I'm Sorry

I thought I could put you in a box
I was wrong
I thought I could work you out like math
I was wrong

I thought this was what you'd say
You said something else
I thought you were one way
You were another

But it was the same about me

I tried to put myself in a box
I tried to work myself out like math
But I'm more than that,
And I can't figure it out

I thought I was supposed to say this
But I should have said something else
I thought I was one way
But I was another

I tell myself that I don't know you
But I don't know me

And that is much worse.

#lonely #imsorry #complicated #friendships #thatslife #collegelife #toomuchdepressingmusic

Mrs Ashley Somebody Aug 2015

Mask (Choka)

Everywhere you go
Everybody sees a mask;
Self-proclaimed image,
What you want them all to see;
And you're just like me.
I've worn my mask for so long
That I believe it.
I've buried it all so deep —
So you can't see it —
But I can't see it, either.
What if I showed you
What's behind this mask of mine?
You'd be my mirror—
You could tell me what I am,
Since I can't see it.
Maybe I will find myself
And remove my mask.
But it is clearly too much
To ask of you, sir.
So, I'll be content with this:
With only seeing your mask.

#mask #choka #whoami #57577 #japanesepoem

Mrs Ashley Somebody Jul 2015

Sunset

Billows of blue sheets
Scarlet ribbons in the sky
Violet petals
Gold strewn across the heavens
Dazzle me. Then the sun sets.

#gold #beautiful #nature #blue #sky #sunset #scarlet #tanka #violet #57577

Mrs Ashley Somebody Jul 2015

Creativity

an outpour of you,
Creativity, the bird
who lives inside me
and sometimes devours me
but sometimes leaves me helpless.

#helpless #metaphor #soul #creative #create #creativity #tanka #bird #57577 #devour